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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California 
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PIECE BY PIECE Death in sections, the curse I bear. The affliction of one tormented soul. Reflections of a past, unanswered prayer To take me once, to take me whole. With shaking hands and half-blind eyes Squinting at the scribbles on this page. With fleeting hope I realize I've but just begun to feel your rage. Death in sections, as destiny decrees, You are the piper, I numbly chase the tones. Through the toothless rictus of disease, With cold, dead skin clinging to living bones. While the jagged blade of mortality Twists it's way into my lung. How can I help but question one's morality With the taste of blood still fresh upon my tongue? Death in sections, bliss in agony, My albatross, my talisman. "Touch me not" I once begged of thee, Now I call to you but half a man. Mentality, itself, ailing in your scope, Ambiguity from ambition, shame from pride. Guilt from passion, despair from hope, The fragments of emotional genocide. The song of silence, the shadow of darkness, The price we pay for what we crave. That insatiable touch of emptiness, As the vital organs each, one by one, waive. I no longer worry of dying alone, Or where I may lay after the fall. I no longer worry of sins or how I may atone, But that I may ever die at all. I no longer care to justify the pain of life, The pain of death is becoming too great. I no longer care that I'll never know the love of a wife, Misery has at least been a true mate. I feel there's nothing inside me left worth giving, Ah, the true arcanum of this piece by piece death. To love, to hope, to wish to go on living, I would surely summon my last gasping breath. ------------------ Michael Anderson I could not love except where Death Was mingling his with Beauty's breath - Or Hymen, Time, and Destiny Were stalking between her and me. EAP |
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DreamEvil Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 2396 |
Complexity seems your theme lately. That trend likes me much, as does this piece my friend. ------------------ Now and forever my heart hears ~one voice~. DreamEvil© |
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JennyLee Senior Member
since 1999-09-01
Posts 1461Northwestern, NJ. |
Complexity is just one description...may I say...I find this one enchanting and an talisman all unto it's self !!!! Jenny |
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Dragoness Senior Member
since 1999-08-07
Posts 513 |
Very powerful! Loved it! ------------------ Set you heart free and your mind will follow. |
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Michael
Moderator
Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Well, thank you Dream and Jenny, I guess my life is complex of late. Hope it was still understandible. And thank you Dragoness, glad you found it enjoyable. ------------------ Michael Anderson I could not love except where Death Was mingling his with Beauty's breath - Or Hymen, Time, and Destiny Were stalking between her and me. EAP |
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JennyLee Senior Member
since 1999-09-01
Posts 1461Northwestern, NJ. |
This one deserves a few more eyes to look upon it!! Jenny |
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Deep Blue Me Member
since 1999-11-04
Posts 396By a big lake |
That insatiable touch of emptiness... I'm in perpetual awe. DB ------------------ The little girl on the plane, who turned her doll's head around to look at me... ------Franny & Zooey------ ===J.D. Salinger=== |
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FreeByrd Member
since 1999-11-03
Posts 267 |
Schismatical for sure -RS [This message has been edited by FreeByrd (edited 11-16-1999).] |
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FreeByrd Member
since 1999-11-03
Posts 267 |
Maximum Obscure Passions -RS [This message has been edited by FreeByrd (edited 11-16-1999).] |
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